HOWTO: Install Kodi on Raspbian

If you want to have the best of both worlds (Raspbian and XBMC, now called Kodi) without having to install different operating systems or using multiple SD cards, you can install Kodi on Raspbian. Here's an easy way how to do that.

Hey. Thanks for the guide. However, it seems like commenting out the last three lines in the config is actually what causes the blank screen on exit. At least for me, if I don't comment it out Kodi exits correctly. But if I do as you suggest i need to ssh to the pi and run sudo killall kodi.

Seyaro wrote:Hey. Thanks for the guide. However, it seems like commenting out the last three lines in the config is actually what causes the blank screen on exit. At least for me, if I don't comment it out Kodi exits correctly. But if I do as you suggest i need to ssh to the pi and run sudo killall kodi.

For me it didn't; by commenting out these last three lines I got it to return to a normal screen when started for the first time, but not when starting it a second time.

The real problem is that kodi doesn't exit cleanly, but often crashes, when you exit. Killing kodi.bin from a SSH terminal restarts it and when I exit it again I can return to a normal screen.

The problem has been reported to the package maintainer, but there hasn't been any reaction ASAIK.